Sellapan rama nathan biography of christopher

President of Singapore from 1999 to 2011

In this Tamil name, there is no surname or family name. The name Sellapan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramanathan (Nathan).

Sellapan RamanathanDUTPJG^[1][2] (; 3 July 1924 – 22 August 2016),^[3] often known as S.

R. Nathan, was a Singaporean politician and civil servant who served as the sixth president of Singapore between 1999 and 2011.^[4] He was the longest-serving president in Singapore's history and the only one to serve two full terms.

S.R. Nathan - SgWiki

In January 2010, Nathan surpassed his predecessor Benjamin Sheares to become Singapore's longest-serving President. In August of that same year, he surpassed Yusof Ishak as Singapore's longest-serving Head of State. Nathan was reportedly considering a re-election and decided not to run.

Nathan suffered a stroke on 31 July 2016 and was taken to Singapore General Hospital before he died in the hos